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Welcome to A Bedtime Story, I’m Matthew Mitchell, and tonight I’m officially announcing Season 2 of A Bedtime Story, as well as an upcoming special behind-the-scenes look at the making of season 1 of A Bedtime Story.

Season 2 of A Bedtime Story is coming, and it’ll be slightly different but better than ever. Instead of being a daily podcast, I’ll be switching to three days a week - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I’ll also move back the publication time a couple of hours to be at 6pm US Central, instead of being at noon. But to compensate this adjustment in how often episodes are released, the episodes of Season 2 will be longer -  averaging around 5 minutes instead of the current 2-3 minutes for Season 1’s daily stories. And, each week the three stories will come together to form one larger, more detailed story.

These changes should allow me to tell better stories, and add more overall quality to the production, while being a lot more maintainable and sustainable than the pace of Season 1 turned out to be.

After I take a short break for the holidays and rest up after a year of daily podcasts, Season 2 of A Bedtime Story will begin airing in January 2026.

However before Season 2 begins, you can look forward to one final bonus episode of Season 1, which will be a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, some commentary on my process, and a look ahead at how I’m creating Season 2. Watch for this episode to appear in mid-December 2025.

You won’t need any different podcast feeds for any of this, the new episodes will continue to show up in your podcast player of choice just as they have been. And on that note, I’d like to sincerely thank each and every one of you for being a listener. Your support is the entire reason this show kept up a daily pace for a year. This is far and away the most successful solo project I’ve ever done, and I’m so grateful to be having this experience. I hope you’ve been enjoying the show as much as I’ve enjoyed making it for you this last year.

So that’s it! A new behind-the-scenes episode is coming in the next couple of weeks, and Season 2 will begin in January 2026!

This has been a Season 2 announcement of A Bedtime Story. Goodnight.